well and the banks...lol
We settled on the land on Friday morning, so the LAND is now officially ours and if all goes to plan we have been told that we have been slated in to start building on September 14th...YAY!!!!
Well my little boy arrived home from Camp of Wednesday night, they were meant to arrive back to school at 5pm, but the buses arrived at closer to 6.30. It was pitch black and a mad dash as the parents were told to find your childs bag while the kids stayed on the bus. I had no idea which of the 3 buses Josh was on, so I thought it best to stand in the middle and watch, but that just happened to be the bus he was on.
He said he had a fantastic time at Soverign Hill and was so excited that it snowed while he was there. They all got dressed up in the old fashioned clothes to go to school. They did the mine tour, saw lollies being made, dipped and made a candle, watched a gold pour, did some leather work and heaps more. He even thought of his sister while he was away and bought her back a lollipop and whistle with some of the spending money we gave him. :)
Yesterday the kids had a birthday party at Bowling and then a couple of hours later John and I picked up one of my Best Friends and went back to their house to meet the kiddies again and have some birthday cake. All the kids get along fantastically, so we ended up staying for some pizza for dinner and left their house at 11.30pm...long day for the kids, they were so tired. They did have one bit of excitement as I got pulled over by a booze bus, they had never seen one before...of couse I knew I would be fine, as I don't drink at all if I know that I am the driver, by Josh and Teagan thought it was cool.
So today I washed heaps of clothes and started packing getting ready to leave the Melbourne cold. behind...can't wait.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Back to Routine
Well the School Holidays are finished and the kids are back to school and it is time to get back into routine again.
On Saturday I went to Scrap 'n Chat and met some of the lovely ladies from Bon's, it was a great day and so nice to put faces to people I have been chatting with. I didn't do much scrapping, I got 2 pages done...and also was pretty good and didn't spend to much money....lol
Then Sunday was spent getting the last few things for Josh to go on Camp. He left Monday morning for Sovereign Hill and will be back Wednesday night. They must all be freezing up there - we knew it was going to be cold but when I listened to the weather this morning it said it had snowed in Ballarat.
So only one more week and we will be a bit warmer in the QLD sun, can't wait for that.
Well this is going to be short and sweet as my fingers are like ice, the wind is freezing here this morning, so I will leave you with a LO that I did at Scrap 'n Chat for the challenge.
Bye :)
On Saturday I went to Scrap 'n Chat and met some of the lovely ladies from Bon's, it was a great day and so nice to put faces to people I have been chatting with. I didn't do much scrapping, I got 2 pages done...and also was pretty good and didn't spend to much money....lol
Then Sunday was spent getting the last few things for Josh to go on Camp. He left Monday morning for Sovereign Hill and will be back Wednesday night. They must all be freezing up there - we knew it was going to be cold but when I listened to the weather this morning it said it had snowed in Ballarat.
So only one more week and we will be a bit warmer in the QLD sun, can't wait for that.
Well this is going to be short and sweet as my fingers are like ice, the wind is freezing here this morning, so I will leave you with a LO that I did at Scrap 'n Chat for the challenge.
Bye :)
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
2 Fire Trucks
WOW firstly I can't believe that this is post 200!!!!
OK so the 2 fire trucks...well on Monday night we were getting ready to sit down for our Monday night roast and Mum couldn't work out why the carrots were burnt. When she looked int he oven it was glowing amber, it was on fire behind the fan. Dad grabbed both of the fire extinguishers only to find that they were both not working (he bought a new one home tonightt) and my sister called the Fire Dept. We were really concerned that it was in the roof as the smoke alarm at the front door kept going off, but not the one closest to the kitchen. Well I took Josh and Teagan out the front to wait for the fire truck and I could tell Josh was really quite freaked out by the whole situation...plus not knowing if it was in the roof I thought it was safer having them outside. Mind you the whole time I am thinking that I should grab my albums...lol...Well a couple of minutes after calling the Fire Truck the 1st one turned up and they saw that it was all contained in the oven and then another fire truck turned up..they all wanted to stay and have Roast as it was sitting on the bench ready to be served.
So we had 2 fire trucks, 6 firemen in the house, 2 firemen with the trucks and no fire...lol...but we felt better knowing that they checked everything out...they went up into the roof and made sure everything was safe...so now Mum and Dad have to either see if the oven can be fixed or buy a new one!
So what an interesting start to the school holidays!
Well John was away and missed all the action...lol...and he thought I was pulling his leg when he called and asked how my day had been...but he will be back tomorrow night.
The kids are excited as they are going with Mum to see Shrek 3 tomorrow and taking a friend and then she is coming back here for a play. It is great to see that they get along so well considering they only met in January and have seen each other 3 times since then, but Josh and Teagan are very excited about seeing her tomorrow.
Well I will leave you with some scrapping I have do for some of the Challenges at Bon's.
This one was a real challenge, I struggle with white spaces but the challenge was to scrap in a section 6 x 6 and have strip journalling - but I am happy with the outcome.
This one is for the Book of? Challenge - I am doing an 8 x 8 album of the building process.
I am also doing a mini journal for July..using a quote and a journal entry (mine is kind of like a diary) Charm set the challenge and so far I am loving it...I am sure it will be fun to look back on.
Thanks for dropping by :)
OK so the 2 fire trucks...well on Monday night we were getting ready to sit down for our Monday night roast and Mum couldn't work out why the carrots were burnt. When she looked int he oven it was glowing amber, it was on fire behind the fan. Dad grabbed both of the fire extinguishers only to find that they were both not working (he bought a new one home tonightt) and my sister called the Fire Dept. We were really concerned that it was in the roof as the smoke alarm at the front door kept going off, but not the one closest to the kitchen. Well I took Josh and Teagan out the front to wait for the fire truck and I could tell Josh was really quite freaked out by the whole situation...plus not knowing if it was in the roof I thought it was safer having them outside. Mind you the whole time I am thinking that I should grab my albums...lol...Well a couple of minutes after calling the Fire Truck the 1st one turned up and they saw that it was all contained in the oven and then another fire truck turned up..they all wanted to stay and have Roast as it was sitting on the bench ready to be served.
So we had 2 fire trucks, 6 firemen in the house, 2 firemen with the trucks and no fire...lol...but we felt better knowing that they checked everything out...they went up into the roof and made sure everything was safe...so now Mum and Dad have to either see if the oven can be fixed or buy a new one!
So what an interesting start to the school holidays!
Well John was away and missed all the action...lol...and he thought I was pulling his leg when he called and asked how my day had been...but he will be back tomorrow night.
The kids are excited as they are going with Mum to see Shrek 3 tomorrow and taking a friend and then she is coming back here for a play. It is great to see that they get along so well considering they only met in January and have seen each other 3 times since then, but Josh and Teagan are very excited about seeing her tomorrow.
Well I will leave you with some scrapping I have do for some of the Challenges at Bon's.
This one was a real challenge, I struggle with white spaces but the challenge was to scrap in a section 6 x 6 and have strip journalling - but I am happy with the outcome.
This one is for the Book of? Challenge - I am doing an 8 x 8 album of the building process.
I am also doing a mini journal for July..using a quote and a journal entry (mine is kind of like a diary) Charm set the challenge and so far I am loving it...I am sure it will be fun to look back on.
Thanks for dropping by :)
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Hate the 1st
I really dislike the first of the month - as today is 10 months since we lost our precious little angel and I was very emotional last night, well into the wee hours of this morning. I still feel so robbed and should be out looking for presents for her 2nd birthday rather than getting ready to mourn the 1 year anniversary 6 days after her birthday.
I still can't believe that it is July, this year has just disappeared so quickly, it will be Christmas before we know it. Josh and Teagan are very excited as we go away this month...lol
What else..oh yeah, my sister and her boyfriend bought a house yesterday...their first home. They have a quick settlement and move in 30 days.
My other sister is coming home for a couple of weeks in August. It will be great to see her again. She is coming for her Best Friends Wedding, which she is a bridesmaid in. It will also be good to have her home for Rani's birthday and Anniversary for even more closure. I am also glad she will be with family as it would be difficult being all the way over in London dealing with the emotions and no one really able to understand.
I really hope the weather clears up a bit for the school holidays or the kids are going to go crazy...also John goes away tomorrow so it will just be me and the kids and Mum and Dad...lol
Also look at the book my Aunt bought me.
I had never seen the book but had seen the fairy costume as the name Rani jumped out at me one day while we were shopping. So just a little more proof that my baby is a fairy. There are some beautiful saying in the book, one of my favourites is "when a baby laughs for the first time in the human world it flies to Never Land and turns into a fairy. Also Rani fairy is special as she is a Water Fairy...Rani loved the water! and she sacrificed her wings to save others in the story...it is a great little book, if only the fairy had black hair it would be perfect :)
I still can't believe that it is July, this year has just disappeared so quickly, it will be Christmas before we know it. Josh and Teagan are very excited as we go away this month...lol
What else..oh yeah, my sister and her boyfriend bought a house yesterday...their first home. They have a quick settlement and move in 30 days.
My other sister is coming home for a couple of weeks in August. It will be great to see her again. She is coming for her Best Friends Wedding, which she is a bridesmaid in. It will also be good to have her home for Rani's birthday and Anniversary for even more closure. I am also glad she will be with family as it would be difficult being all the way over in London dealing with the emotions and no one really able to understand.
I really hope the weather clears up a bit for the school holidays or the kids are going to go crazy...also John goes away tomorrow so it will just be me and the kids and Mum and Dad...lol
Also look at the book my Aunt bought me.
I had never seen the book but had seen the fairy costume as the name Rani jumped out at me one day while we were shopping. So just a little more proof that my baby is a fairy. There are some beautiful saying in the book, one of my favourites is "when a baby laughs for the first time in the human world it flies to Never Land and turns into a fairy. Also Rani fairy is special as she is a Water Fairy...Rani loved the water! and she sacrificed her wings to save others in the story...it is a great little book, if only the fairy had black hair it would be perfect :)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
John's Tattoo
This is John's latest tattoo...i did a LO about it a couple of weeks ago, but you can't see it properly.
This tattoo is very special to him, it is a memorial tattoo to Rani. The top symbol is Rani in Chinese and the bottom one says Wood Rooster - which was the Chinese year that she was born.
I think that it turned out beautiful and really is something that only we understand, so special to all of us.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Been a While...
Life got hectic again...lol
Not a lot of excitement has been happening here...lets see...
Well we were meant to settle on the land on Monday - but instead we changed banks for the Mortgage...lol...because our broker found us a better deal, so we will settle hopefully next week as the bank has already approved our mortgage...but we have put our plans into Council, so hopefully they will be approved in a couple of weeks and fingers crossed the builders will start a little earlier as they are building 2 other houses in our estate.
John started a new job on Monday...he is loving it and one week in, is already going away...I will have to get used to that again...it has been 2 years since he travelled with work...lol...although it is funny having him home during the day drove me insane...but I miss him a little bit while I am home alone...lol..I'm sure I'll get over it....We are also adjusting to sharing the bed again...lol...we worked out it has been 7 months since we had slept next to each other every night...lol...except for Saturday nights...so i am also used to his snoring again....lol
So much for a drug free month this month...lol...I set myself one condition for the drugs and if that happened I would take them....so what does my body do, makes that one thing happen. ...grrrr. Well at least it is only 5 days and I think my body is adjusting to the drugs, as i had no major side effects this time and I shouldn't have to do it again until after we get back from QLD so I can enjoy our holiday.
Today was the last school day for this term, so the kids are on holidays for 2 weeks. I really hope the weather improves so we can go out. Loving the rain, as we really need it, but it is so cold and horrible and the kids will go stir crazy if they are stuck inside all the time. Mum is taking them to the Movies on Wednesday to see Shrek 3...so they are both looking forward to that.
Well it is just under 4 weeks until we leave for QLD and I can't wait. Looking forward to seeing friends that we haven't seen for years and also catching up with family. Everything is now booked and organised, so we are just waiting for the month to tick on by...lol
I wll leave you with some scrapping I have done. 2 of the LO's are of John's best friends daughter...she is so cute...they live in QLD and I haven't met her (John has on a business trip) - so it will be great to finally see her face to face.
and my two little one....love my new sprites :)
Thanks for visiting.
Not a lot of excitement has been happening here...lets see...
Well we were meant to settle on the land on Monday - but instead we changed banks for the Mortgage...lol...because our broker found us a better deal, so we will settle hopefully next week as the bank has already approved our mortgage...but we have put our plans into Council, so hopefully they will be approved in a couple of weeks and fingers crossed the builders will start a little earlier as they are building 2 other houses in our estate.
John started a new job on Monday...he is loving it and one week in, is already going away...I will have to get used to that again...it has been 2 years since he travelled with work...lol...although it is funny having him home during the day drove me insane...but I miss him a little bit while I am home alone...lol..I'm sure I'll get over it....We are also adjusting to sharing the bed again...lol...we worked out it has been 7 months since we had slept next to each other every night...lol...except for Saturday nights...so i am also used to his snoring again....lol
So much for a drug free month this month...lol...I set myself one condition for the drugs and if that happened I would take them....so what does my body do, makes that one thing happen. ...grrrr. Well at least it is only 5 days and I think my body is adjusting to the drugs, as i had no major side effects this time and I shouldn't have to do it again until after we get back from QLD so I can enjoy our holiday.
Today was the last school day for this term, so the kids are on holidays for 2 weeks. I really hope the weather improves so we can go out. Loving the rain, as we really need it, but it is so cold and horrible and the kids will go stir crazy if they are stuck inside all the time. Mum is taking them to the Movies on Wednesday to see Shrek 3...so they are both looking forward to that.
Well it is just under 4 weeks until we leave for QLD and I can't wait. Looking forward to seeing friends that we haven't seen for years and also catching up with family. Everything is now booked and organised, so we are just waiting for the month to tick on by...lol
I wll leave you with some scrapping I have done. 2 of the LO's are of John's best friends daughter...she is so cute...they live in QLD and I haven't met her (John has on a business trip) - so it will be great to finally see her face to face.
and my two little one....love my new sprites :)
Thanks for visiting.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Hello!
Yes I am still here...lol..thanks to those people that sent me emails to see if all is ok.
I have been having a bit of ME time...got a little depressed and have been failing blood tests...lol...so i have taken a break from Meds and other down stuff until after our holiday so I can enjoy that....it is coming up so quickly.
So we are now organised for our trip to QLD...have all the passes to the Theme Parks, have booked our accomodation and I think I have managed to find the cheapest deal with Car Hire so will probably book that this week and we are ready to go.
Mum and Dad just spent a week in Port Douglas...I am sure they loved the time away from us all and of course have come back to Melbournes freezing mornings and our lovely 11 degree days...lol
Not a lot else has been happening with us. Josh has had 2 lots of talks for school and we have all learned things about people we never knew about...lol... Teagan is doing swimming this term, 9 straight days of swimming, she is liking it but she seems to be coughing lots at night...I plait her hair but swimming and winter just don't mix.
Other than that I have been scrapping just for me lately...no DT stuff, no challenges just pages for the fun of it and I really enjoyed...so I will leave you with my latest pages.
Thanks for dropping by
OK so this one was for the 123 monthly challenge
and this one was for Bon's Monthly Challenge...it is John's latest tattoo in memory of Rani
I have been having a bit of ME time...got a little depressed and have been failing blood tests...lol...so i have taken a break from Meds and other down stuff until after our holiday so I can enjoy that....it is coming up so quickly.
So we are now organised for our trip to QLD...have all the passes to the Theme Parks, have booked our accomodation and I think I have managed to find the cheapest deal with Car Hire so will probably book that this week and we are ready to go.
Mum and Dad just spent a week in Port Douglas...I am sure they loved the time away from us all and of course have come back to Melbournes freezing mornings and our lovely 11 degree days...lol
Not a lot else has been happening with us. Josh has had 2 lots of talks for school and we have all learned things about people we never knew about...lol... Teagan is doing swimming this term, 9 straight days of swimming, she is liking it but she seems to be coughing lots at night...I plait her hair but swimming and winter just don't mix.
Other than that I have been scrapping just for me lately...no DT stuff, no challenges just pages for the fun of it and I really enjoyed...so I will leave you with my latest pages.
Thanks for dropping by
OK so this one was for the 123 monthly challenge
and this one was for Bon's Monthly Challenge...it is John's latest tattoo in memory of Rani
Friday, June 08, 2007
Sharing
Thought I would share some pages that I have done recently.
Firstly my DT for this month as the newsletter is out...I am going to add more - but I don't think I was ready to scrap Rani yet...it took me ages to finish it :(
Here are some of the pages I have done for the Book of? Challenge at Bon's Scrap and other Challenges
Hope you all have a lovely long weekend :) and thanks for visiting
Firstly my DT for this month as the newsletter is out...I am going to add more - but I don't think I was ready to scrap Rani yet...it took me ages to finish it :(
Here are some of the pages I have done for the Book of? Challenge at Bon's Scrap and other Challenges
Hope you all have a lovely long weekend :) and thanks for visiting
Friday, June 01, 2007
Good and Bad
So I have had an up and down week since my last post. So I am just going to ramble stuff in no order!
Bit miserable today I hate the 1st of the month as it is the monthly anniversary of Rani's passing - so today is 9 months and still not easier in the least bit.
On Sunday we took Josh and Teagan out to see Rani as neither of them have been there since December - it was very sad for them both - Josh really doesn't like being there at all and we don't push them - it was there idea to go and we took them...
Also getting excited as we settle on the land at the end of the month and then hopefully things will start happening on our block - none of us can wait to see the house being started...
Also busy redeeming points from credit card/ fly buys for tickets into Theme Parks when we come up to QLD next month...now it is just accommodation and car hire and everything is organised..but I guess they are the 2 biggest things that haven't been done..lol
On Wednesday night I had a girls night out and went to a Girlfriends house for a yummy roast and catch up with other girlfriends - it was a great night, lots of laughs and yummy food - thanks girls :)
I am still in shock that it is June already - this year has just flown before you know it, it will be Christmas...this year need to slow down just a bit...lol
Well not a lot else has been happening...been freezing down here lately..but the rain has been great as we really need it but the ducted heating is working overtime to try and keep us all warm, hopefully Dad will put the fire on soon and lucky us it is downstairs where we are so we should be toasty warm...
Well thanks for reading my ramblings :)
Bit miserable today I hate the 1st of the month as it is the monthly anniversary of Rani's passing - so today is 9 months and still not easier in the least bit.
On Sunday we took Josh and Teagan out to see Rani as neither of them have been there since December - it was very sad for them both - Josh really doesn't like being there at all and we don't push them - it was there idea to go and we took them...
Also getting excited as we settle on the land at the end of the month and then hopefully things will start happening on our block - none of us can wait to see the house being started...
Also busy redeeming points from credit card/ fly buys for tickets into Theme Parks when we come up to QLD next month...now it is just accommodation and car hire and everything is organised..but I guess they are the 2 biggest things that haven't been done..lol
On Wednesday night I had a girls night out and went to a Girlfriends house for a yummy roast and catch up with other girlfriends - it was a great night, lots of laughs and yummy food - thanks girls :)
I am still in shock that it is June already - this year has just flown before you know it, it will be Christmas...this year need to slow down just a bit...lol
Well not a lot else has been happening...been freezing down here lately..but the rain has been great as we really need it but the ducted heating is working overtime to try and keep us all warm, hopefully Dad will put the fire on soon and lucky us it is downstairs where we are so we should be toasty warm...
Well thanks for reading my ramblings :)
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Exciting News
I decided to send one of my LO's to the Basic Grey Gallery and then to my suprise this morning there was an email saying that it had been accepted into their gallery
So here it is
So here it is
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Had a Great Day
Firstly thank you to everyone that left comments here, emailed and called me about my last post...they were all truly appreciated and I love that if I am feeling down I can put it down here...it is somewhat cleansing to vent it all out. So thank you to everyone.
Well today I have had a great day and felt more like me than I have in a long time. I went shopping with my 2 best friends to try on a bridesmaid dress. It was perfect as the dress had already been picked out, so one shop, one dress - fits perfectly - looks good what more can you ask for.
So then we went and had lunch together and a great chat before we all had to go our seperate ways...
So thanks girls I really enjoyed today.
Plus look what I got in the mail today.
It is from all the money that we raised for Steven running in the "run 4 the kids fun run"...so thank you everyone and your official reciepts should be in the mail.
Well today I have had a great day and felt more like me than I have in a long time. I went shopping with my 2 best friends to try on a bridesmaid dress. It was perfect as the dress had already been picked out, so one shop, one dress - fits perfectly - looks good what more can you ask for.
So then we went and had lunch together and a great chat before we all had to go our seperate ways...
So thanks girls I really enjoyed today.
Plus look what I got in the mail today.
It is from all the money that we raised for Steven running in the "run 4 the kids fun run"...so thank you everyone and your official reciepts should be in the mail.
Monday, May 21, 2007
In Limbo
Seriously how much crap can one family have flung at them...I really think that both John and I stepped on an ant that was the re-incarnation of Mother Theresa...last week we had another bombshell dropped on our laps...one completely out of left field, so in no way were we prepared for it...don't we deserve some happiness...for the first time in a long time I was starting to feel secure in our future...not worried about what was around the corner...no stress, just enjoying the process of picking everythng for the house and generally getting on with life and then BANG!!! I think we are entitled to a little bit of happiness...as some of you may know we have had a hard time of things for the last 5 years or so (last year just made our life one hundered times worse) and just as there was light at the end of the tunnel, again we are knocked down...there is only so much of this that you can take and this got me to thinking...
I have been feeling kind of blah for weeks...first it was due to the flu and then Medications not reacting with my body and making me feel worse but there was also something hanging over my head and after spending all of last week pretty much in bed I realised.....
My life is in Limbo...
Now I know that I am never going to be 'that' person I was before having Rani and the almost last 2 years of my life have changed me forever - well my whole family - none of us will ever be the same - you are not meant to outlive your child - plain and simple!...but I am not liking the person I am becoming. So I am making some changes.
I feel that I lost my identity, to some people this has come my identity - I am Rani's Mum and not Mel - I have lost a number of friendships because of this as some people just didn't know what to say and still to this day some people still don't know what to say. This used to get me really down, but after being sick, depressed and lost I have decided it is not worth wasting my energy on. I have a lovely group of close friends that are there when I need them and that is enough for me.
Also I think not having a place of our own is making me feel in Limbo..We have no real base of our own...Don't get me wrong living with Mum and Dad has been a life saver, their support and understanding throughout the last almost 2 years has been invaluable...but I don't have a place of my own / our own...we will be getting this hopefully by December/January and this will definately help us move on with our lives.
But since I have decided to focus on Me - becoming somewhat the person I was and liked I have managed to catch the scrapping bug again and it feels so good. So thanks for listening to my rambles.
So here are a couple of LO's that I have comepleted for some Challenges for Bon's Scraps and 123 Challenges
and also the latest newsletter is out for S4L and here is my DT creation for May
I have been feeling kind of blah for weeks...first it was due to the flu and then Medications not reacting with my body and making me feel worse but there was also something hanging over my head and after spending all of last week pretty much in bed I realised.....
My life is in Limbo...
Now I know that I am never going to be 'that' person I was before having Rani and the almost last 2 years of my life have changed me forever - well my whole family - none of us will ever be the same - you are not meant to outlive your child - plain and simple!...but I am not liking the person I am becoming. So I am making some changes.
I feel that I lost my identity, to some people this has come my identity - I am Rani's Mum and not Mel - I have lost a number of friendships because of this as some people just didn't know what to say and still to this day some people still don't know what to say. This used to get me really down, but after being sick, depressed and lost I have decided it is not worth wasting my energy on. I have a lovely group of close friends that are there when I need them and that is enough for me.
Also I think not having a place of our own is making me feel in Limbo..We have no real base of our own...Don't get me wrong living with Mum and Dad has been a life saver, their support and understanding throughout the last almost 2 years has been invaluable...but I don't have a place of my own / our own...we will be getting this hopefully by December/January and this will definately help us move on with our lives.
But since I have decided to focus on Me - becoming somewhat the person I was and liked I have managed to catch the scrapping bug again and it feels so good. So thanks for listening to my rambles.
So here are a couple of LO's that I have comepleted for some Challenges for Bon's Scraps and 123 Challenges
and also the latest newsletter is out for S4L and here is my DT creation for May
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Happy Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day to all...I hope you all have had a fantastic day and all got spoilt rotten.
I know I certainly did..check out my haul....lol
Ok lets see...like last year alot of the presents that Josh and Teagan bought at the School Mothers Day Stall are to do with Rani. Last year Rani was still in Hospital and Josh and Teagan bought me angels and buddha's. This year as much as I loved my Mothers Day it would have been perfect having Rani here with us...so i have been a bit emotional today. Just like our Wedding Anniversary last year spent in the Hospital and also Mothers Day last year we were in there...I would have given anything today to have even been at the Hospital celebrating Mothers Day if it meant that my whole family were together today...well anyday.
Back to the gifts.
Josh got from School an angel figurine, some soap and a necklace. Teagan bought me a cow salt and pepper shaker, a dolphin figurine for my desk and a heart on a stick...plus in class she also made me a mini album...cool having one of the Grade 4 teachers being a scrapper :)
Also they both went shopping with Daddy and bought me "frank" my british bulldog...I love these dogs and have wanted one forever...so I got one today..shame he is a figurine..but one step closer to the real thing...lol...also they bought me this fantastic jade and wood wall hanging both the jade and the wood have buddha's carved into them. This is for Rani...she is our little buddha and we have lots of buddha things in memory of our little girl, so in the new house this hanging will take pride in the entry.
So after I opened all of my presents we headed upstairs to give Mum her presents and then Dad made everyone breakfast. Mum and Dad headed down to see her Mother and we all did our own things.
So all in all I have had a beautiful Mothers Day and I hope that everyone else enjoyed theres as well.
I know I certainly did..check out my haul....lol
Ok lets see...like last year alot of the presents that Josh and Teagan bought at the School Mothers Day Stall are to do with Rani. Last year Rani was still in Hospital and Josh and Teagan bought me angels and buddha's. This year as much as I loved my Mothers Day it would have been perfect having Rani here with us...so i have been a bit emotional today. Just like our Wedding Anniversary last year spent in the Hospital and also Mothers Day last year we were in there...I would have given anything today to have even been at the Hospital celebrating Mothers Day if it meant that my whole family were together today...well anyday.
Back to the gifts.
Josh got from School an angel figurine, some soap and a necklace. Teagan bought me a cow salt and pepper shaker, a dolphin figurine for my desk and a heart on a stick...plus in class she also made me a mini album...cool having one of the Grade 4 teachers being a scrapper :)
Also they both went shopping with Daddy and bought me "frank" my british bulldog...I love these dogs and have wanted one forever...so I got one today..shame he is a figurine..but one step closer to the real thing...lol...also they bought me this fantastic jade and wood wall hanging both the jade and the wood have buddha's carved into them. This is for Rani...she is our little buddha and we have lots of buddha things in memory of our little girl, so in the new house this hanging will take pride in the entry.
So after I opened all of my presents we headed upstairs to give Mum her presents and then Dad made everyone breakfast. Mum and Dad headed down to see her Mother and we all did our own things.
So all in all I have had a beautiful Mothers Day and I hope that everyone else enjoyed theres as well.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Our Weekend
Well Sunday was our Wedding Anniversary so John and I spent Saturday night in the City.
We arrived at the Stamford Plaza at about 2pm, put our bags in our room and headed down for some retail therapy. We thought we would check out the new DFO at Spenser Street Station - or whatever it is called now!!! Picked up lots of clothes for the 2 of us and even some stuff for the new kitchen that was to marked down not to get now...lol....then had to lug it all back to the Hotel. The walk down wasn't so bad as we had no shopping and it was all down hill...the walk back was a bit longer...lol
As John had worked Friday night he decided to have a little sleep before having dinner, so i took advantage of having a Spa in the bathroom and had a relaxing 1 hour bath. It was bliss, no interuptions, no little kiddies walking in, peace and quiet and did I mention relaxing!.
We had a lovely dinner and then had room service dessert and watched an in room movie...lol...such big party animals. But it was nice just spending time together and alone.
Sunday after sleeping in and then having our overly priced Hotel Breakfast...lol...we headed out shopping (window shopping this time) searching for furniture for the new house again without kiddies that don't want to be there...lol...have lots of ideas and now really want the house to play with all the stuff I want...lol
Pretty horrible piccy of us in our room....
Then we came home and saw Josh and Teagan - who got spoilt themselves by Nana and Grandpa - Macca's for dinner, trip to the Park and treat while doing the food shopping...so all in all everyone had a lovely weekend.
We arrived at the Stamford Plaza at about 2pm, put our bags in our room and headed down for some retail therapy. We thought we would check out the new DFO at Spenser Street Station - or whatever it is called now!!! Picked up lots of clothes for the 2 of us and even some stuff for the new kitchen that was to marked down not to get now...lol....then had to lug it all back to the Hotel. The walk down wasn't so bad as we had no shopping and it was all down hill...the walk back was a bit longer...lol
As John had worked Friday night he decided to have a little sleep before having dinner, so i took advantage of having a Spa in the bathroom and had a relaxing 1 hour bath. It was bliss, no interuptions, no little kiddies walking in, peace and quiet and did I mention relaxing!.
We had a lovely dinner and then had room service dessert and watched an in room movie...lol...such big party animals. But it was nice just spending time together and alone.
Sunday after sleeping in and then having our overly priced Hotel Breakfast...lol...we headed out shopping (window shopping this time) searching for furniture for the new house again without kiddies that don't want to be there...lol...have lots of ideas and now really want the house to play with all the stuff I want...lol
Pretty horrible piccy of us in our room....
Then we came home and saw Josh and Teagan - who got spoilt themselves by Nana and Grandpa - Macca's for dinner, trip to the Park and treat while doing the food shopping...so all in all everyone had a lovely weekend.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
HOLIDAY
We are coming up to Queensland.
John and I had been talking about taking the kiddies up to Queensland for the long awaited trip we have been promising them since Jan 2006 (when we were going to go and then as Rani was sick we weren't allowed to be more than 100km from the Hospital)...so anyway we decided that July would be good after the School Holidays and Josh's Camp.
So thanks to the price wars with the Airlines we are booked and paid to come up at the end of July..Josh and Teagan are so excited about this holiday - partly because they get out of 10 days of school...lol...and of course the theme parks...plus we get to catch up with family and friends.
Then we will be back at Christmas time again to have a whole family Christmas with Johns family. ...but this trip will be just relaxing and family time :)
Well I better get back to getting organised. It is our Wedding Anniversary on Sunday and John and I are staying in the City on Saturday night.
See Ya!
John and I had been talking about taking the kiddies up to Queensland for the long awaited trip we have been promising them since Jan 2006 (when we were going to go and then as Rani was sick we weren't allowed to be more than 100km from the Hospital)...so anyway we decided that July would be good after the School Holidays and Josh's Camp.
So thanks to the price wars with the Airlines we are booked and paid to come up at the end of July..Josh and Teagan are so excited about this holiday - partly because they get out of 10 days of school...lol...and of course the theme parks...plus we get to catch up with family and friends.
Then we will be back at Christmas time again to have a whole family Christmas with Johns family. ...but this trip will be just relaxing and family time :)
Well I better get back to getting organised. It is our Wedding Anniversary on Sunday and John and I are staying in the City on Saturday night.
See Ya!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Been A While...
WOW has it really been that long since my last post...well grab a cuppa as I guess it will be a long one..lol
Well I guess I have been a bit slack as I have had this stupid flu for months - it is the most annoying flu...one day I wake and feel like rubbish and think YAY the flu is going to break today and then the next day I am fine. It finally did break a couple of weeks ago but it just keeps hanging around. I don't think the weather is helping much - I mean good old Melbourne weather is unpredictable at the best of times - but my poor body doesn't know what it is in for when I wake up...one minute it is hot, the next it is freezing and raining (which is good we need the rain) and then we have a mix of it all in one day...lol
OK so what have we been up to...I'll start with the kiddies
Teagan has been and gone on her School Camp - they went the first week back to school after the hoidays - she was very excited about it as it was her first camp by herself...not her actual first camp that was last year...but the Camps are Years 3 and 4 and then Years 5 and 6 go together...so last year Teagan was in Year 3 and Josh in Year 4 so they both went on Camp together...this year they are both excited as they don't have to see each other on Camp...lol...but next year I am looking forward to the peace and quiet with both of them on Camp together again..lol...anyway she had a great time, even if they did make her eat vegetables with dinner every night, she shared her Cabin with all of her best friends and they crammed lots of activities into the 3 days. She had hardly any voice left when I picked her up from School - so I definately knew she had a ball before even asking her. :)
Both Josh and Teagan also had their School Cross Country which the top 10 went to the District Cross Country. Josh suprised me when he told me he was hoping to get to District...not that I didn't think he could do it - but my little boy isn't much into any sports and most years whinges about how far it is to run when they do it at School and usually walks with his friends. i truly think he was a bit inspired by Steven and how far he ran in the RCH Fun Run and he has asked to do the 3km Run next year....again I go off track...lol... I told him this year to run for himself, that he doesn't have to stay with his friends and again it was great to have an example - as Steven ran with a friend at the Fun Run - but then went out on his own. Well I was very proud of both of them when they came home and told me where they came. You are put in the age group that you will turn this year - so Josh was put into the 11 year olds, even though he turns 11 Xmas Eve...well he held his own and came 18th out of 35 boys and Teagan came 35th out of 57 girls...a vast improvement from last year and although Josh was disappointed he didn't get to District he was very excited that he came 18th - so maybe next year.
OK HOUSE
Well we have picked all of our colours, floor coverings, bench tops, tiles, everything...today we have our final tender meeting to finalise any changes we want to make, or extras we want and then it is all put to Council. I am excited but at the same time over it all as I know from now until September when they start building will drag. John and I have also been out furniture shopping trying to get ideas for of course the most important room in the house "my scrapping room". I haven't managed to find the perfect furniture yet! Any ideas would be appreciated...and of course looking for new lounge suite, a new bedroom setting for Josh as he is a big boy now and refuses to sleep in his racing car bed when we move (althoug our agreement was always upgrading his bed when he was 10) and lots of other things. We went out to the display home the other weekend for more ideas, as I found it easier to visualise sizes and layout of furniture by actually being able to see the walls and windows...lol
ME
Well apart from having the flu I have been fine...haven't done any major scrapping except for DT stuff which I can't share yet!. Also really been a bit down...I really don't like April anymore...as it was when Rani went back to Hospital April 19th and never came home. I can't believe that it was over a year ago that she was only meant to stay for 10 days and ended up being there for 5 months. I went out the other day to see my girl...it was very noisy as they are expanding the memorial garden and there was a lot of diggers and trucks, so it was only a quick visit...although I don't feel the need to go down regularily....I talk to her whenever I feel like it. Also 1st May was 8 months since the worst day of our lives.
OTHER STUFF
John and Josh went to the taping of the Grand Final of Australia's Got Talent as John Cousin Al (the human knot) made it through. He didn't win the Grand Final but John said it was great to catch up with him and also his Uncle and Wife...I sadly didn't get to go...stupid flu, I didn't think they would like me coughing up a lung while they were recording...lol Here is pic from back stage of Al, Uncle Grim (Al's Dad), John and Josh.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Danielle for 26th April - the big 3-0...lucky thing flew to New York to celebrate.
Dad 1st May - we actually went out for Chinese last night for his birthday
and TD for TD.
Well that is it...well all I can be bothered typing...thanks for reading this far if you got all the way. :)
Well I guess I have been a bit slack as I have had this stupid flu for months - it is the most annoying flu...one day I wake and feel like rubbish and think YAY the flu is going to break today and then the next day I am fine. It finally did break a couple of weeks ago but it just keeps hanging around. I don't think the weather is helping much - I mean good old Melbourne weather is unpredictable at the best of times - but my poor body doesn't know what it is in for when I wake up...one minute it is hot, the next it is freezing and raining (which is good we need the rain) and then we have a mix of it all in one day...lol
OK so what have we been up to...I'll start with the kiddies
Teagan has been and gone on her School Camp - they went the first week back to school after the hoidays - she was very excited about it as it was her first camp by herself...not her actual first camp that was last year...but the Camps are Years 3 and 4 and then Years 5 and 6 go together...so last year Teagan was in Year 3 and Josh in Year 4 so they both went on Camp together...this year they are both excited as they don't have to see each other on Camp...lol...but next year I am looking forward to the peace and quiet with both of them on Camp together again..lol...anyway she had a great time, even if they did make her eat vegetables with dinner every night, she shared her Cabin with all of her best friends and they crammed lots of activities into the 3 days. She had hardly any voice left when I picked her up from School - so I definately knew she had a ball before even asking her. :)
Both Josh and Teagan also had their School Cross Country which the top 10 went to the District Cross Country. Josh suprised me when he told me he was hoping to get to District...not that I didn't think he could do it - but my little boy isn't much into any sports and most years whinges about how far it is to run when they do it at School and usually walks with his friends. i truly think he was a bit inspired by Steven and how far he ran in the RCH Fun Run and he has asked to do the 3km Run next year....again I go off track...lol... I told him this year to run for himself, that he doesn't have to stay with his friends and again it was great to have an example - as Steven ran with a friend at the Fun Run - but then went out on his own. Well I was very proud of both of them when they came home and told me where they came. You are put in the age group that you will turn this year - so Josh was put into the 11 year olds, even though he turns 11 Xmas Eve...well he held his own and came 18th out of 35 boys and Teagan came 35th out of 57 girls...a vast improvement from last year and although Josh was disappointed he didn't get to District he was very excited that he came 18th - so maybe next year.
OK HOUSE
Well we have picked all of our colours, floor coverings, bench tops, tiles, everything...today we have our final tender meeting to finalise any changes we want to make, or extras we want and then it is all put to Council. I am excited but at the same time over it all as I know from now until September when they start building will drag. John and I have also been out furniture shopping trying to get ideas for of course the most important room in the house "my scrapping room". I haven't managed to find the perfect furniture yet! Any ideas would be appreciated...and of course looking for new lounge suite, a new bedroom setting for Josh as he is a big boy now and refuses to sleep in his racing car bed when we move (althoug our agreement was always upgrading his bed when he was 10) and lots of other things. We went out to the display home the other weekend for more ideas, as I found it easier to visualise sizes and layout of furniture by actually being able to see the walls and windows...lol
ME
Well apart from having the flu I have been fine...haven't done any major scrapping except for DT stuff which I can't share yet!. Also really been a bit down...I really don't like April anymore...as it was when Rani went back to Hospital April 19th and never came home. I can't believe that it was over a year ago that she was only meant to stay for 10 days and ended up being there for 5 months. I went out the other day to see my girl...it was very noisy as they are expanding the memorial garden and there was a lot of diggers and trucks, so it was only a quick visit...although I don't feel the need to go down regularily....I talk to her whenever I feel like it. Also 1st May was 8 months since the worst day of our lives.
OTHER STUFF
John and Josh went to the taping of the Grand Final of Australia's Got Talent as John Cousin Al (the human knot) made it through. He didn't win the Grand Final but John said it was great to catch up with him and also his Uncle and Wife...I sadly didn't get to go...stupid flu, I didn't think they would like me coughing up a lung while they were recording...lol Here is pic from back stage of Al, Uncle Grim (Al's Dad), John and Josh.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Danielle for 26th April - the big 3-0...lucky thing flew to New York to celebrate.
Dad 1st May - we actually went out for Chinese last night for his birthday
and TD for TD.
Well that is it...well all I can be bothered typing...thanks for reading this far if you got all the way. :)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Its Official
We are now in debt...lol
We had the tender meeting today - which John went to - signed all the paperwork, found out how much all the extras would cost and put down our first official payment on our house...
SCARY!!!
In a couple of weeks we have to go and pick out all of our colours, flooring, carpet, bricks, ect..which we have pretty much decided on and then we sit and wait!!! until September when they finally start to build.
While John was out paying money...lol....
The kids and I had a lovely afternoon - I simply went to my best friends to drop Teagan off for a sleep over and come home and 3+ hours later Josh and I came home to our dinner in foil...lol... The kids were having a ball playing different games and Sal and I were having a great chat - we don't usually get to see each other during the week as she is at work - so the time just flew by...but it was really nice.
So just Josh and I tonight...we have eaten some lollies together and about to go and watch Foxtel together...enjoy your night.
Oh yeah and I actually scrapped the other night - the first time in months and I am actually in the picture...lol...TFL
We had the tender meeting today - which John went to - signed all the paperwork, found out how much all the extras would cost and put down our first official payment on our house...
SCARY!!!
In a couple of weeks we have to go and pick out all of our colours, flooring, carpet, bricks, ect..which we have pretty much decided on and then we sit and wait!!! until September when they finally start to build.
While John was out paying money...lol....
The kids and I had a lovely afternoon - I simply went to my best friends to drop Teagan off for a sleep over and come home and 3+ hours later Josh and I came home to our dinner in foil...lol... The kids were having a ball playing different games and Sal and I were having a great chat - we don't usually get to see each other during the week as she is at work - so the time just flew by...but it was really nice.
So just Josh and I tonight...we have eaten some lollies together and about to go and watch Foxtel together...enjoy your night.
Oh yeah and I actually scrapped the other night - the first time in months and I am actually in the picture...lol...TFL
Friday, April 06, 2007
Good Friday
Well after having yummy Chocolate and also plain Hot Cross Buns for lunch today I sat down and totalled the final amount for the sponsorship and raffle for Steven running the 15.2km Run for the Kids Fun Run and was shocked to see that we had raised $3065.00, add that to the money raised from Scrapbooking 4 Less of $1415.00 and the Royal Childrens Hospital is getting $4480.00. Thank you everyone for your support.
We have been watching the Good Friday Appeal and rang in our total this afternoon and saw our names pop up on screen but haven't heard our donation read out :(
Well I am about to sit down and watch the end of the appeal and rest my full belly as we just finished yummy Fish and Chips for dinner.
I hope everyone has a lovely Easter.
We have been watching the Good Friday Appeal and rang in our total this afternoon and saw our names pop up on screen but haven't heard our donation read out :(
Well I am about to sit down and watch the end of the appeal and rest my full belly as we just finished yummy Fish and Chips for dinner.
I hope everyone has a lovely Easter.
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